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Fellini's Roma

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As a young man, Fellini (Peter Gonzales) leaves his small Italian town to go to the big city of Rome, live in a boarding house and cavort with the natives in the 1930s and '40s. In an alternating storyline, the older Fellini (Federico Fellini) goes back to make a movie about Rome, filming things like traffic jams at the Colosseum and the subway system, which hides underground crypts. By inter-cutting this footage, Fellini the director draws comparisons to the old Rome and the new.

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Pauline Kael The New Yorker This ringmaster feels no need to relate to the circus people. Fellini is an unparalleled extrovert, even for a profession rich in extroversion; he is so extroverted he has ‘abandoned interest in characters and is interested only in his own projections. Sep 21, 2023 Full Review David Denby The Atlantic [Fellini] has totally liberated his obsessions from the discipline of telling a story or developing a character or even maintaining a comprehensible point of view. Jun 21, 2022 Full Review Steve Erickson RogerEbert.com Though "Roma" has the dreamlike flow of "8 1/2" and most late Fellini films, it works here in a way that often didn't for the director. Dec 27, 2018 Full Review Chris Shields Screen Slate A dizzying assault of radically stylized, pure cinema. Jan 14, 2020 Full Review Jesús Fernández Santos El Pais (Spain) Fellini has constructed a fantastical documentary, in which fantasy and reality are confused. [Full Review in Spanish] Jul 17, 2019 Full Review Nathanael Hood Audiences Everywhere But it is a film worth seeing, if only to get the opportunity to see one of the world's greatest cities through the eyes of one of the world's greatest artists. Rated: B- Dec 27, 2018 Full Review Read all reviews

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A. S If you enjoy Fellini, this is another film to watch. The main character gets lost in the elaborate scenarios that one forgets about him for awhile, wondering what one is watching. Parts filmed in Rome and Cinecitta. Fellini's love of women, food, sex, and stage performance show the person he was. Raised in a fascist military school shows the person he rebelled against. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 09/29/25 Full Review Сonstant R must see, masterwork ! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/21/24 Full Review Audience Member Part rambling travelogue, part sense-memory articulation, the experimental Roma is never not oneiric, even in its most documentary moments. Nostalgia ever collides with the grotesque in this overtly indulgent circus of art, architecture, food, sex, fashion and religion. The hand behind it all is ever present, ever manipulating this reconstruction of realities. Fewer movies land as personally and keep viewers guessing to this degree. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review David A There isn't really a story... this is more like a glimpse into a great artist's notebook, to see what he's thinking about, what he's remembering, what he's dreaming. "Lesser" Fellini is still the best filmmaking you'll ever see. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/21/20 Full Review Michael A The most ordered chaos I have ever seen Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/18/20 Full Review Bjarne Utterly delightful and shocking - a must see whether you get every bit of local color and religious/political references or not. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/18/20 Full Review Read all reviews
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Federico Fellini

Director

Peter Gonzales Falcon

Fellini, Age 18

Stefano Mayore

Fellini as a Child

Pia De Doses

Princess Domitilla

Fiona Florence

Young Prostitute

Marne Maitland

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Synopsis As a young man, Fellini (Peter Gonzales) leaves his small Italian town to go to the big city of Rome, live in a boarding house and cavort with the natives in the 1930s and '40s. In an alternating storyline, the older Fellini (Federico Fellini) goes back to make a movie about Rome, filming things like traffic jams at the Colosseum and the subway system, which hides underground crypts. By inter-cutting this footage, Fellini the director draws comparisons to the old Rome and the new.
Director
Federico Fellini
Producer
Turi Vasile
Screenwriter
Federico Fellini, Bernardino Zapponi
Distributor
United Artists
Production Co
Les Productions Artistes Associés
Rating
R
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Italian
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 14, 1972, Original
Release Date (DVD)
Apr 10, 2001
Runtime
2h 8m
Sound Mix
Mono
Aspect Ratio
35mm